Alternative automatic numbering

[IGOR5C0C]

Hello!

I have a question regarding automatic numbering. FrameMaker 2019 has preset Building Blocks for automatic numbering (such as <n+>, <a+>, <R+> and so on).

Is it possible to organize a different type of automatic numbering (for example, using Cyrillic letters)?

With respect, Igor.

[Winfried Reng]

Hi Igor,

That's a good question!

I use the Google font Open Sans, which has characters for Western and Eastern European languages. When I set <a=1> to e.g. <a=200>, then it starts with gr. The numbering does not switch to characters of other languages.

Possibly you can create a character format with a font with only cyrillic characters. Then use this for your numbering.

Best regards, Winfried

[Bob_Niland]

Although later FM's have added more numbering Format options for Paragraphs, none provide the ability to define arbitary glyph sequences as far as I know.

Oddly, Footnotes do have the ability [Custom] to have arbitrary sequences. With some effort this can be gamed (via xref) to make body paras appear to be using that numbering.

[Matt-Tech Comm Tools]

I would expect you'd need a Cyrillic version of FrameMaker to use those numbering streams automatically. 

Unfortunately, these appear to be the only versions available.

[IGOR5C0C · Accepted solution]

Thank you all for your answers!

It looks like my problem is unsolvable.

Waiting for the Cyrillic version. 🙂

Igor